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Cassidian’s TETRA at the 26th World University Games
2011-08-25 Read More...
After the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games, a TETRA network from Cassidian has once again successfully provided stable, reliable and efficient communication services, this time during the 26th Universiade in

2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite in Service
2011-08-25 Read More...
Boeing announced that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has achieved operational acceptance and entered service.

NGC Receives New Viper Strikes Contract
2011-08-24 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been awarded a contract for additional Viper Strikes munitions to equip the U.S. Marine Corps Harvest Hawk aircraft and bring greater utility to the Marines' KC-130J refueling and cargo

Boeing: ScanEagles’ Autonomous Communications Demos
2011-08-22 Read More...
Boeing announced the successful autonomous communications and operation of dissimilar Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in flight tests over the rugged terrain of eastern

Construction Starts on Future USS Milwaukee LCS5
2011-08-22 Read More...
Naval Sea Systems Command announced that fabrication of the future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), the fifth ship of the Littoral Combat Ship class, has begun at Marinette Marine Corp. Shipyard in Marinette,

LM Unveils Samarai Flyer at AUVSI
2011-08-19 Read More...
Inspired by a maple seed, Lockheed Martin's Samarai handheld vehicle flew publically for the first time at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference currently taking place at the Walter E. Washington Center in the

JSC Rosoboronexport, ZAO ITT & Sagem Create RS Alliance
2011-08-18 Read More...
At the ongoing International Aerospace Exhibition (MAKS 2011; Moscow; 16-21 August), and at a ceremony attended by Vladimir Putin, Chief of the Government of

South Africa at Defense IQ’s Armored Vehicles Industry
2011-08-18 Read More...
The newest techniques and technologies developed by the South African armored vehicles industry will be discussed at Defense IQ's Armored Vehicles South Africa event, taking place at the Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria on 22-24 August

Lockheed Martin-Kaman Aerospace Win US Army Contract
2011-08-18 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $47 million contract to develop, demonstrate and deliver autonomous technologies for unmanned air systems in support of in-theater unmanned cargo resupply

Raytheon Built 5th SDB II Tri-Mode Seeker
2011-08-18 Read More...
Raytheon has built the fifth Small Diameter Bomb II seeker in its new factory expressly designed to assemble integrated tri-mode

US Concerned Over Qaeda Ricin Poison Threat
2011-08-17 Read More...
The Obama administration is concerned that a dangerous regional arm of Al Qaeda is trying to produce the deadly poison ricin to use in attacks against the US, the New York Times has

Goodrich: Smart UAV Technologies at AUVSI
2011-08-12 Read More...
Goodrich Corporation will showcase its UAV technologies at AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington, D.C., 16-19 August

31 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
2011-08-08 Read More...
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, along with 7 Afghan commandos. This was the deadliest

Prince Naif Wins Case Against The Independent
2011-08-05 Read More...
A UK court has ordered The Independent newspaper to pay Prince Naif, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia, libel damages over an article which accused him of ordering Police Chiefs to shoot and kill unarmed demonstrators

F-35 Tests Suspended After Device Failure
2011-08-05 Read More...
The US Defense Department has suspended fleetwide ground and flight test operations of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, its costliest arms

Cassidian’s Reshaping to Address New Markets
2011-08-04 Read More...
Cassidian is adapting its organization in order to create a further empowered and streamlined customer-oriented structure across the globe.

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